Faculty & Staff

Prof. Brian Berkowitz

Brian Berkowitz - CV:


EDUCATION

1986   Ph.D., Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1982   M.Sc., Applied Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1980   B.Sc. (Honors), Applied Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010 - Present Head, Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
2005 - Present Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
2004 - 2009 Head, Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
1999 - 2004 Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
1993 - 1998 Senior Scientist, Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
1991 - 1993 Visiting Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1986 - 1991 Research Hydrologist, Hydrological Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Jerusalem, Israel
1983 - 1986 Research and teaching assistant, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1978 - 1980 Research and teaching assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

HONORS AND AWARDS

2012 M. King Hubbert Award, National Ground Water Association, USA
2011 Fred L. and Frances J. Oliver Lectureship in Texas Hydrology and Water Resources, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
2008 Inventor of the Year (shared with Ishai Dror), Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
2007 Fellow, Geological Society of America
2005 Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2002 - Present Incumbent of The Sam Zuckerberg Chair in Hydrology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
2004 Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, American Geophysical Union
1997 Mifal HaPayis Michael Landau Achievement Prize, Israel
1994 - 1999 Incumbent of the Beracha Foundation Career Development Chair, Established by the Beracha Foundation, Geneva
1992 Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Award, Science Undergraduate Society, University of British Columbia, Canada
1986 Goldschmidt Award, Israel Association for Hydrology, Israel
1982 - 1983 Lady Davis Post-Graduate Fellowship, Lady Davis Trust Fund, Israel
1980 - 1982 AOSTRA - Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority, Post-Graduate Fellowship, Canada
1979, 1980 NSERC - National Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Summer Scholarships, Canada

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL/SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

2005 - 2009 Editor, Water Resources Research
1999 - 2004 Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Water Resources
1999 - 2004 Member, Editorial Board, Transport in Porous Media
1993 - Present Member of Research, Evaluation and Policy Committees: National and International Levels (European Commission, American Geophysical Union, British Geological Survey - Natural Environment Research Council, Israel Science Foundation, Israel Ministry of Science)
2000 - 2003 Coordinator, International Research Project, European Commission
2001 Co-Convenor, International Workshop on Water Flow and Contaminant Transport in Fractured Aquitards, Jerusalem, May 22-24, 2001
1999 Guest Editor, Transport in Porous Media
1995 Secretary, Scientific Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Sustainable Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions, Ramat Rachel, Jerusalem, May 15-19, 1995
1992 - 1998 Associate Editor, Water Resources Research
1989 - 1992 Rapporteur on Groundwater Modelling, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Commission for Hydrology. Preparation of a WMO Technical Report on Groundwater Modelling. Consultant in editing the HOMS components manual and the Technical Regulations and Guide to Hydrological Practices